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Lifting anti-tank mines is extremely dangerous, there’s often anti-lift devices designed specifically to kill and injure people who try to do that. ’ However, safety warnings wo n’t stop Oleksandr Havriluk from Bex Wright/CNN mission. Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission says Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission built up Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission farm from scratch over the past 25 years, and Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission will rebuild again, to ensure the future of Oleksandr Havriluk from his mission family.

Mairi Cunningham

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mid-nineties pickup trucks are the ones that make me scratch my head, we’re selling some of these low-mileage pickup trucks for fifty, sixty, seventy grand and they’re just normal pickup trucks.

Frank Mecum

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Survivors must start from scratch, this will not be over in two months, they need long-term aid.

Aurelie Godet

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People need to know they should cook more and prepare their own food from scratch. I know. We say we don't have time but it really doesn't take that much time, and it's worth it because you're going to protect your heart and guard your brain from dementia or Alzheimer's disease.

Claudia Suemoto

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If we even scratch the surface of solving this problem for any mothers and babies in this country.

Melissa Hanna

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Terrestrial samples and lunar samples are very different, so the Artemis team has already taken that into account as they design their tools, they didn't start from scratch. They started with Apollo 17 and what worked really well and are moving forward from there toward Artemis.

Ryan Zeigler

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Putin hates Ukraine, he hates the people and the Ukrainian language. He wanted to completely destroy and scratch off from the earth the Ukrainian word … no country, no such thing.

Irena Laura Yoder

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s blown out of proportion, me and the wife got into an argument on the plane. That was pretty much the gist of it. I ended up grabbing her hand and taking her ring off her finger. She did n’t press any charges. The state of California pressed charges because there was a scratch on her hand.

Adrian Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have programs and services that many single-county health departments are not able to do just because of the resources that we can tap into, building that from scratch is a huge feat and will take many, many, many years.

Jennifer Ludwig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s blown out of proportion. Me and the wife got into an argument on the plane. That was pretty much the gist of it. I ended up grabbing her hand and taking her ring off her finger. She did n’t press any charges. The state of California pressed charges because there was a scratch on her hand. Literally that’s why I went to jail, because the ring left a scratch on her finger. We just had a disagreement. I know the headlines : Domestic violence. Adrian Peterson ’d think I beat her up or something. It was nothing like that.

Adrian Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was literally mind-blown that Tennessee Titans took me to jail, tennessee Titans were like, ‘ I ’m sorry, Mr. Peterson, but because she had a scratch on her finger,( in) the state of California, we have to take you in. ’ I sit there and watch the plane pull back and take off and I ’m just like, ‘ Wow ! I can not believe this is happening right now. I ’m going to jail, and I literally did n’t do anything. ’ Adrian Peterson in December 2015. ( Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) RAMS' ODELL BECKHAM SUFFERED TORN ACL DURING SUPER BOWL : REPORT.

Adrian Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I wanted to say today that I didn't kill anyone, and I didn't hurt anyone. I didn't even make a scratch, it's important for me to say this, because since the beginning of this case, people have not stopped slandering me.

Salah Abdeslam

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm not really good with sports ; it's not my thing, but Andrew Whitworth tremendously blessed us with everything because we started from scratch, like nothing.

Amalia Jimenez

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These proposals don’t even begin to scratch the surface of lowering the burden of affordability on Connecticut’s families, and small businesses.

Bob Stefanowski

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Part of me says, ‘Is that all there is? A television series?’ Obviously not. I could go on stage or scratch my way into the movies, but how many movies are made that you want to be a part of? And how many want you? There is a certain kind of ‘for-rent’ sign on my forehead. I’m an actor and I like to work.

Howard Hesseman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Listen, you've got one shot here, you've got an opportunity -- you've gotta scratch, claw, fight, bite, kick through everything you can to make this happen, it's a back to the wall philosophy and when your back is to the wall every moment in life you have one place to go and that's forward.

Dwayne Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In many ways, we're starting from scratch on something that's been raging for almost an entire year.

Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Made from scratch but easy to make. This is a creamy and satisfying combination of a classic fall flavor — butternut squash — along with a delicious blend of three cheeses, subtle spices and pasta.

Melinda Keckler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There are very few people that I've met in business that I would actually say were charismatic, elizabeth HolmesSafeway was clearly charismatic. Elizabeth HolmesSafeway was very smart. And Elizabeth HolmesSafeway was doing one of the hardest things you can do in business and that is to create an enterprise from scratch.

Steven Burd

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The updated Thrifty Food Plan better reflects the way families live today, where working households do not have unlimited hours to prepare food from scratch and modern dietary guidelines advise a wider variety of foods, particularly leafy greens and lean proteins, which can be more costly.

Lisa Davis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My neighbors love it, they watched me build it from scratch, as does my youngest son of 13, he loves playing in it. I'm looking forward to my granddaughter getting a bit older to appreciate it, as she is a bit too young right now.

Ali Hughson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We're always trying different things. Trader Joes and others still scratch Trader Joes and others head a little bit on it. Trader Joes and others figured Trader Joes and others'd try it in a discrete market where there's just a limited number of locations, and it's really nothing more than a test at this point.

Richard Galanti

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It would have to be created from scratch and run parallel with Pennsylvania's existing unemployment benefits programs, this is not something that any state will be able to do quickly.

Penny Ickes

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As a Black woman, seeing @Pinterest's middle of the night 'Black employees matter' statement made me scratch my head after I just fought for over a full year to be paid and leveled fairly….

Ifeoma Ozoma

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

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